One Tiny Seed
Music & Lyrics by Angie Killian & Lauren Gruwell
Watch the music video HERE
 
This is a melody map for the chorus of "One Tiny Seed." 
 
How to use this map: 
 
1) Print (if I have a big group, I like to print "poster-size" with 4 sheets of paper per page). Affix to board out of order. 
 
2) Ask the children: What do you see? What do you wonder? What is the same? What is different? 
 
3) Challenge the children to figure out what the map has to do with the song. Sing the song. Ask the children what they learned. If they are still figuring it out, sing the song again, tapping a few key notes on the board. 
 
4) Ask the children to help you put it in the correct order.  Be sure to check their work for another repetition. ;)
 
5) Challenge the children to figure out what each symbol represents. Sing the song again. Collect their answers and offer praise. Repeat until they have learned all of the symbols. 
 
6) Ask the children what word is the highest in the song (hint: it hits a C 4 times: seed, heart, miracles, and grow)
 
7) Challenge the children to sing only the colored symbols while you sing the rest of the chorus. Sing again, challenging them to sing the blue dots while you sing the colored symbols.
 
**If I were to use this with a younger group, I would keep the maps in the correct order and only go until step 6.

**I think the key to this song is pretty easy, but the one that might be a little more tricky is the pink circles.  I kept them pink to highlight the alliteration of "humble heart."  If you have sung any of my songs before, you might know I'm a bit of a sucker for alliteration. ;)